Plugin: Tag parser & media player for DRM Windows Media

[xlr8shun]

yes, asx is a supported playlist import filetype, however i cant seem to get sage to play them. i get a rendering error. im probably trying to do it in a way thats not supported by sage currently *shrugs*

ive got a post in the sagetv software section of the forum explaining what im trying to do if youre curious. ( http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=17982 )

basically for my multipart movies, i want sage to play the playlist rather then me queuing up multiple files each time. i'd create the playlists outside of sage, save them to the hdd and then point sage to the playlist and forget about the multiple files.

[GKusnick]

OK, well I guess I don't have an answer for you on the ASX thing. As I said, I'm focused for now on music playback. Video will come much later if it happens at all.

[GKusnick]

I've uploaded v1.3 to the Downloads area (and I'm pretty sure I've done it right this time).

This version adds support for playing audio CDs directly from the CD drive, and includes an STVI component for the CD player UI. There's also a configuration dialog for enabling/disabling the plugin for a few specific file types so you don't have to mess with Sage.properties in most cases.

This is my first attempt at creating an STVI, so let me know if you have any issues with it. It was designed for importation into the standard STV so I don't imagine it will work all that well with non-standard skins.

Edit: Please re-read the first post on this thread, as some of the installation instructions have changed.

[dflachbart]

Hi Greg,

is the bug with parsing the parser/file_types property fixed in this version ?


Thanks,
Dirk

[GKusnick]

Yes, the "bug" was that the version with that feature in it apparently never got uploaded properly.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by GKusnick

Yes, the "bug" was that the version with that feature in it apparently never got uploaded properly.

Originally Posted by GKusnick

Next version (whenever that happens) will handle the dots properly.

Actually, what I meant was if I should use dots or commas in this new version ...

Dirk

[GKusnick]

Use commas but no dots, as shown in the Configuration properties section of the first post in this thread (which I've updated with new install instructions). E.g.

SageWMP/parser/file_types=wma,cda

Another change in this version is that SageWMP/parser/file_types is now required. Parser and player enables are now completely separate, so you must configure both if you want both enabled. The STVI sets it all up properly for WMA and CD playback when you first import it, so just use that as a guide for what to do with more exotic file types.

[mikesm]

Has anyone ported this to the SageMC skin?

thanks,
Mike

[ukmgranger]

Originally Posted by mikesm

Has anyone ported this to the SageMC skin?

thanks,
Mike

Now that is a good question!!

Lets hope someone does it soon

[ukmgranger]

I can't seem to get this working properly.

I have two DRM WMA's in a folder that I have mapped as a music folder.

If I go into media center>music>albums, I cant see the two wma's. the only way that I can see them is to go into 'song titles'.

It just doesn't look like it is pulling in the tag data properly?!?

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by mikesm

Has anyone ported this to the SageMC skin?

Just to be clear, you can use the Java plugin portion with any skin, if you configure it manually in Sage.properties. This will let you import and play DRM content, and play individual CD tracks by browsing files on your CD drive.

The only part that would need porting is the Music CD menu and Configuration dialog in the STVI.

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by ukmgranger

I can't seem to get this working properly.

I have two DRM WMA's in a folder that I have mapped as a music folder.

If I go into media center>music>albums, I cant see the two wma's. the only way that I can see them is to go into 'song titles'.

It just doesn't look like it is pulling in the tag data properly?!?

Did you install the plugin on both client and server? If you're not using the included STVI, did you configure the plugin manually as described in the Configuration properties section of the instructions? Did you do all this before importing the WMA folder?

If you're not sure you've got the config properties right, post them here so I can check.

[ukmgranger]

did all that.

The strange thing is that when I remove my music directoriesand go into the 'Albums' menu, I can still see about 75 albums. They give the album and artist name but when I click on them there is nothing inside. I am ceartain that these albums reside in the directories that I have removed.

Another couple of questions.

Do I need to have wmp runniing at the same time?

When I click on 'Refresh imported media' should I wait for the 'SateTV is now scanning the med........' dialogue box to dissapear or just click 'OK'?


FYI:
I am using the standard STV to test it
I am just testing it on my main Sage machine at the mo that uses the Sage service.

[GKusnick]

I've seen the fossil album thing myself, but I don't know what causes it or how to get rid of them. Perhaps if you let it sit overnight with no import directories it might eventually clean that stuff up.

Originally Posted by ukmgranger

Do I need to have wmp runniing at the same time?

You don't need to have a WMP window open. The plugin creates its own windowless instance of WMP as a COM object.

When I click on 'Refresh imported media' should I wait for the 'SateTV is now scanning the med........' dialogue box to dissapear or just click 'OK'?

I don't think that dialog ever disappears on its own. Just click OK and the scanning will happen in the background.

I am using the standard STV to test it
I am just testing it on my main Sage machine at the mo that uses the Sage service.

Take a look at your Sage.properties as well as SageClient.properties on the server machine. It's possible my auto-config code is affecting just one of them. Make sure the SageWMP properties are enabled in both (and then redo the import if necessary).

[ukmgranger]

I'm still running into problems with this.

As I said, I have followed everything to the letter.

Sage can see the files, it just doesn't seem to be getting the tag info right.

In the 'Music' menu, if I click on 'Albums' the wma files are not there.

If (again in the 'music' menu) I click on 'Artists' there is a blank box that would normally show the artist name. If I click on the blank box it takes me to all the wma track that I have (all 3 of them so far!) and all the info seems to be on the one line e.g. 'LL Cool J/Todd Smith/01 Controll Myself'.

I can click on the track and play it from here. and if I click on 'Visualization' it even has the artwork there.

Any Ideas?

[GKusnick]

Sounds like the player component is working properly, but not the parser.

Follow the instructions in the Troubleshooting section to turn on debug logging in both Sage and SageWMP. Start a fresh Sage session, remove your import dir, and reimport with logging turned on. Then quit Sage and post sagetv_0.txt and sagetvclient_0.txt (as attachments, please).

[ukmgranger]

Ok, here are the files that you requested.

Thanks for all the help by the way!

[GKusnick]

It looks like SageWMP is not installed on your server. At least the JARs aren't mentioned in your server classpath.

[ukmgranger]

But I followed the installation to the letter?!?

[GKusnick]

Looking at it again, the sagetv_0.txt you posted is from November. Try it again, making sure you enabled debug logging in both Sage.properties and SageClient.properties.

While you're at it you may as well post the properties files too. (Maybe zip everything up into one file if that's simpler.) Yes, I know you followed the instructions, but maybe the instructions are wrong. I want to see what your actual state is so we can figure out how to fix it.